Building in Dawsonsdemesne, County Louth

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What is recorded here

Situated on top of the motte (LH017-012001-). Wright (1748, bk. 1, pl. XVIII) illustrates a double-walled octagonal structure on the summit of the motte, which even then must have been reduced to the foundations as it is not shown in his oblique view. It was thought locally to have been erected c. 1820 by a Dr. Blackhall although it is older, and it was removed subsequently by a parish priest (Barry 1904). This structure, of which there was no trace until recently, may have been a post-medieval fortification but the base of the wall has been become exposed through erosion at S (pers com. Ian Elliott, c. 2012).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH017-012002

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Nuala Furley, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dasmuy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Rainer Lippert, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Olivier BEZES, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5

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